Jay Gonzalez, a Democrat who left his job as former president and CEO of CeltiCare Health and New Hampshire Healthy Families in December, on Monday launched his campaign for governor of Massachusetts.
If Gonzalez clears the Democratic primary, he'll face Republican Gov. Charlie Baker, who is widely expected to run for re-election. Baker is the former president of Harvard Pilgrim Health Care and Gov. William Weld's top budget aide, and he could face his own primary challenge from his party's more conservative wing.
Baker is halfway through the four-year term he started in 2015, and Democrats, who already dominate Beacon Hill, from the Legislature to most constitutional offices, are already eyeing a showdown next year.
